Stove-truck



(No Model.)

P. A. GOBDGN.

STOVE TRUCK.

No. 286,292. Patented Oct. 9, 1883.

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" NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PERKINS A. GORDON, OF MILAN, OHIO.

STOVE-TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,292, dated October9, 1883. Application filed May 14(1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PEnKIns A. GORDON,

.of Milan, in the county of Erie and State of .Ohio, have invented acertain new and Imin which Figure 1 represents a side view of thestovetruck. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views. e

The special use of the abovesaid truck is for moving stoves from placeto place about the dwelling-house or store-room without removing thelegs or lifting the stove with the hands. By this means heavybase-burners, or even cooking-ranges, can be safely lifted and movedfrom room to room by one person.

Said truck consists of two oblong rectangular frames, A and B, of which0 C and D D are cross-pieces, by which the sides of the frame arerespectively joinedtogether. The frame A is provided with a set ofwheels or casters, four in number, two of which, a a, are shown in thedrawings. To the cross-bar D of the frame A is attached, by a strap, 1),or other appliance, a tongue or handle, E, whereby the frame B iselevated and the truck is drawn or pushed about. In said handle ispivoted a hook, F, the use of which will be presently shown. The frame Ais connected to the frame B by four parallel links, as indicated by thedotted lines 0 c. The ends of these parallel links are inserted into thesides of the frames by means of slots, and are pivoted to the frames bypins (1, so as toallow them a free movement from the horizontal to thevertical position, as indicated at e, for the purpose of elevating theframe B above the frame A.'

The practical working of the truck is as follows: The two frames, asshown in the drawings, lie the one upon the other, supported by wheelsor casters. The rear end of the truck is pushed under the stove standingupon its legs. The stove is then lifted from the floor by raising thetongue or handle from the horizontal to the vertical position, for thehandle, being pivoted .to the cross-bar D of the frame A, acts as alever, pressing upon the cross-bar D of the frame B, thus raising andpushin back the frame B, as indicated by the dotted. lines E in Fig. 1.The links 0 support the elevated frame and prevent it from pulling backby coming in contact with the ends of the slots in which they arepivoted, as aforesaid. 4 The stove is set down upon its legs and theframe lowered by means of the hook F, at.- tached to thehandle. With thehandle in the vertical position the hook is attached to the cross-bar I)of the frame B, when, by lowering the handle, the frame B is pulledforward past the center of gravity, and the handle, as a lever, gentlylowers the frame B upon the frame A, setting the stove upon its legs andreleas ing the truck, when it can be readily withdrawn from under thestove.

lVhen the two frames are in opposition the truck can, be used for themoving of heavy weights. r

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a truck, the combination of the upper and lower frames, the links 6e, &c., pivoted in slots in the frame, as and for the

